Georgios P. Zanias ( el, Γιώργος Π. Ζανιάς, , born 16 August 1955 in Orchomenus) was briefly

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

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from May to July 2012. In June 2012 he was due to be replaced by

Vassilis Rapanos Vassilis Rapanos ( el, Βασίλης Ράπανος; born 1947) is a Greek economist. Early life and education Rapanos was born on the island of Kos in 1947. He received his bachelor's degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business in ...

. Instead, he was replaced by economist

Yiannis Stournaras Yannis (or Giannis) Stournaras ( el, Γιάννης Στουρνάρας; born 10 December 1956) is a Greek economist who has been the Governor of the Bank of Greece since June 2014. Previously, he had been the Greek Minister of Finance from 5 Ju ...

. Zanias was one of the chief negotiators of the bailout of Greece in 2011-2012.

Career

Zanias is Professor of Economics at the

Athens University of Economics and Business Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB; el, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Oikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon'', abbrev. ΟΠΑ, OPA) was founded in 1920 in Athens, Greece and is the oldest university in Gre ...

where he served as Chair of the Department of International and European Economic Studies. He has previously held academic posts at the Universities of Oxford, Crete, and the

Agricultural University of Athens The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA; el, Γεωπονικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών) is the third oldest university in Greece. Since 1920, it has made contributions to Greek agricultural and economic development, by conducting ...

. He graduated from the

Athens University The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

of Economics and Business with a B.Sc. in Economics and received his master's degree from the

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and his Ph.D. in Economics from

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Appointments

Zanias has held many positions in the Greek government, and served as Minister of Finance in the

Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos The Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos was sworn in on May 17, 2012 after the end of the period of office of the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos, when an inconclusive election on May 6, 2012 resulted in a hung parliament. According to the pr ...

. Previously, Zanias served as the General Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in 2001-2004, Chairman and Scientific Director of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Chairman of the

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of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Member of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Exchanges. He has served as an expert to the

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, the

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and the

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References

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